Filipino caste system and other weekend readings

Serious reading for this weekend, and perhaps the most remarkable and thought-provoking commentary on recent tragic events: Sketches of a village idiot savant argues the ancient prehispanic Filipino caste system is alive and well. This is really a must-read.

As someone who went through his fair share of codigos and other uh, educational aides-memoires in school, this entry by Kumintang on law student recitation strategies -“radyo” and “TV”- made for amusing reading.